Railway-rail joint



Patented June 4, 1889.

(No Model.)

- E. P. JERVEY.

RAILWAY RAILYJOINT.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE P. JERVEY, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. I

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 404,487, dated June 4, 1889.

Application filed January 9, 1889. Serial No. 295,826. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE P. J ERVEY, of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certain Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

' The object of my invention is to provide an improved chair or joint for uniting and sustaining the contiguous ends of railway-rails; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts represented in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same applied to a rail.

The device consists of two longitudinal members A and 13, each rolled or otherwise formed complete in one piece. The member A comprises a flat bed-plate a, a flange a, turned upward and inward from one edge of the bed-plate, and a vertical web a rising from the inner edge of the flange a. The base-plate, intended to overlie and sustain the abutting ends of two rails, is made of a length of eighteen inches, (more or less,) and of a width considerably greater than that of a rail-base. The flange a is adapted to fit snugly over the base on the foot of the rail 011 one side to hold the same down in place and prevent the rail from tipping, while the flange a is adapted to fit snugly against the web of the rail between its head and foot.

The member B has at one side a flat longitudinal portion 1), adapted to be seated upon the flat portion of the base-plate A, which extends beyond the side of the rail. From this bearing portion Z) a lip or flange b is carried upward in position to fit snugly over the foot of the rail, and from the inner edge of the portion 1) there rises a web 6 adapted to fit into and against the side of the rail, as shown. The vertical webs a and Ware perforated horizontally to receive fasteningbolts D, which are extended therethrough and -through the intermediate rail and provided with nuts cl, whereby the two parts of the device are held firmly together and against the rail. The two partsA and B are further connected by Vertical bolts E, passed through their edges and provided with'nut-s on the upper end.

The horizontal and vertical bolts hold the two parts of the joint firmlyin the proper relation to each other and to the rail, so that the ends of the two rails are kept in exact alignment.- In order that the joint thus applied may be securedfirmly in position on the ties or other supports, I provide its sides with vertical grooves e in the memberA, and

I am aware that numerous joints and splices consisting of two longitudinal plates have been heretofore constructed, but I believe the peculiar construction herein to be better adapted to meet the practical requirements than thoseheretofore known.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a rail-joint, the combination of the member A, provided with the base a, extend ing laterally beneath-and beyond the rail, and the upwardly-extending portion to bear against the rail, the member 13, provided with the flat portion 19, to rest upon the exposed end of the base a, and the upwardly-extending portion to bear against the rail, and the vertical and horizontal fastening-bolts, the former extending through the base portions of the said members beyond the rail, and the latter passing through the upwardly-extending portions of the said members.

2. Ina rail-joint, the member A, having the fiat bed-plate a, the flange a, the web a and the grooves e, in combination with the member 'D, having the flat bearing 1), lip b,

web b and grooves 6 and the vertical and I11 testimony whereof I hereunto set my :0 horizontal bolts unitin g said parts in the manhand, this 26th day of December, 1888,;in the ner described and shown. presence of two attesting witnesses.

3. In a rail-joint, the longitudinal members 5 A B, adapted to embrace the rail and rest EUGENE P. JERVEY.

one upon the other, in combination with the vertical and the horizontal bolts, and the lVitnessos:

spikes passed through grooves in the two XV. B. RANEUEL, part-s, as described and shown. T. J. GUINAN. 

